Tehachapi Police Jail

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The Tehachapi Police Jail is located at 25101 Bear Valley Road in Tehachapi, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bear Valley Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Tehachapi Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Tehachapi Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tehachapi Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Tehachapi Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Tehachapi Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Tehachapi Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Tehachapi Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Tehachapi Police Jail at 661-821-3239 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Tehachapi Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Tehachapi Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Tehachapi Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tehachapi Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Tehachapi Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Tehachapi Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the Kern County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Kern County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Kern County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Tehachapi Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you visit the Tehachapi Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tehachapi Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Tehachapi Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 661-821-3239 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Tehachapi Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Tehachapi Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Tehachapi Police Jail phone number is: 661-821-3239

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Tehachapi Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Tehachapi Police Jail, click the link below.

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